Table I.D.3.a(2003) Percent of total premiums for exclusive-provider plans contributed by employees enrolled in family coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003
 
Characteristics

Total

  

Less than 10 employees

  

10-24 employees

  

25-99 employees

  

100-999 employees

  

1000 or more employees

  

Less than 50 employees

  

50 or more employees

  
 
United States

27.7%

22.4%

31.5%

33.9%

34.1%

24.0%

28.8%

27.4%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

16.4%

 *

17.9%

 *

6.3%

 *

8.7%

 *

29.6%

 *

12.2%

 *

11.3%

 *

18.8%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

23.2%

27.5%

33.6%

28.5%

24.3%

19.7%

30.5%

21.7%
Construction

30.8%

17.8%

30.4%

35.6%

41.5%

25.0%

30.5%

31.4%
Utilities and transp.

22.8%

7.6%

 *

47.7%

39.6%

31.5%

19.2%

15.0%

 *

24.2%
Wholesale trade

31.9%

15.0%

 *

34.2%

32.4%

46.4%

25.3%

26.4%

34.6%
Fin. svs. and real estate

27.1%

20.0%

34.7%

35.4%

30.5%

25.4%

31.5%

26.4%
Retail trade

33.7%

36.0%

36.5%

44.2%

50.8%

24.7%

38.6%

32.2%
Professional services

27.2%

28.4%

33.3%

34.1%

32.2%

23.4%

29.4%

26.6%
Other services

29.5%

15.3%

23.4%

31.9%

37.8%

30.0%

22.6%

32.1%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

28.8%

23.8%

32.7%

35.8%

36.4%

24.2%

30.6%

28.3%
For profit, unincorporated

24.9%

22.1%

25.9%

27.1%

31.9%

23.5%

25.4%

24.6%
Nonprofit

24.2%

12.9%

 *

23.1%

26.8%

28.1%

22.7%

20.8%

24.5%
Unknown

25.3%

17.4%

17.8%

 *

25.6%

28.4%

30.1%

18.3%

30.4%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

30.4%

38.8%

27.7%

 *

29.7%

22.1%

 *

24.7%

32.3%

26.9%
5-9 years

33.7%

26.0%

33.0%

31.0%

45.6%

29.9%

28.9%

37.5%
10-19 years

34.3%

19.7%

37.0%

43.5%

45.1%

24.1%

28.7%

39.2%
20 or more years

27.3%

19.2%

29.2%

32.3%

30.9%

24.5%

28.3%

27.0%
Unknown

22.9%

19.7%

 *

.

14.0%

 *

22.9%

23.0%

26.8%

22.9%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

25.5%

38.3%

39.6%

30.9%

30.1%

24.0%

36.0%

25.2%
1 location only

31.5%

22.3%

30.7%

34.7%

39.0%

23.7%

28.2%

36.0%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

37.7%

48.8%

4.6%

 *

25.6%

 *

40.4%

43.4%

28.7%

41.9%
25-49 %

28.5%

28.0%

 *

45.1%

24.8%

34.6%

23.6%

36.0%

25.7%
50-74 %

31.5%

22.3%

22.7%

32.5%

47.2%

28.0%

23.1%

34.0%
75% or more

27.2%

21.7%

31.9%

34.4%

32.5%

23.5%

29.1%

26.6%
 
Union presence
No union employees

30.0%

22.7%

33.8%

36.0%

35.5%

25.8%

29.6%

30.2%
Has union employees

21.8%

7.4%

 *

10.0%

21.5%

28.4%

21.2%

16.3%

22.3%
Unknown

23.8%

60.8%

35.7%

26.6%

 *

29.1%

22.8%

50.4%

22.8%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

31.9%

18.2%

24.4%

32.5%

40.0%

31.0%

25.5%

34.7%
Less than 50% low wage

29.2%

23.2%

31.1%

34.2%

34.3%

23.6%

28.9%

29.3%
Unknown

24.3%

15.8%

 *

40.5%

28.3%

26.3%

23.8%

32.4%

24.0%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table I.D.3.a(2003) Standard error for percent of total premiums for exclusive-provider plans contributed by employees enrolled in family coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003
 
Characteristics

Total

  

Less than 10 employees

  

10-24 employees

  

25-99 employees

  

100-999 employees

  

1000 or more employees

  

Less than 50 employees

  

50 or more employees

  
 
United States

0.46%

1.21%

2.77%

1.14%

1.46%

0.61%

1.10%

0.69%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

6.50%

 *

7.26%

 *

8.03%

 *

9.00%

 *

9.41%

 *

9.88%

 *

6.87%

 *

11.18%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

0.92%

6.56%

8.33%

2.80%

1.44%

0.87%

4.33%

0.62%
Construction

2.65%

3.70%

5.39%

6.79%

5.14%

3.94%

3.13%

3.80%
Utilities and transp.

1.97%

10.03%

 *

9.48%

8.25%

6.59%

2.57%

10.71%

 *

1.97%
Wholesale trade

3.12%

10.78%

 *

6.34%

3.88%

7.23%

1.57%

3.90%

3.64%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.63%

5.23%

9.66%

5.80%

3.05%

1.51%

5.43%

1.14%
Retail trade

3.54%

4.94%

7.79%

5.31%

7.18%

3.13%

4.45%

3.23%
Professional services

0.86%

3.05%

4.68%

4.65%

1.96%

1.10%

2.61%

0.63%
Other services

2.01%

3.47%

4.59%

4.53%

5.86%

1.55%

2.64%

2.74%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.55%

2.38%

2.99%

1.45%

1.88%

0.58%

1.34%

0.69%
For profit, unincorporated

1.39%

3.95%

5.51%

7.87%

3.47%

1.15%

4.17%

1.32%
Nonprofit

1.04%

4.40%

 *

6.01%

4.32%

2.22%

1.16%

2.66%

1.21%
Unknown

2.23%

4.06%

6.19%

 *

4.79%

6.64%

6.36%

2.47%

4.45%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

4.52%

4.75%

8.66%

 *

6.78%

6.85%

 *

4.49%

4.55%

4.68%
5-9 years

3.08%

5.30%

5.85%

6.40%

7.53%

4.04%

4.12%

4.98%
10-19 years

3.19%

4.03%

5.44%

3.33%

5.21%

2.51%

2.94%

4.25%
20 or more years

0.54%

2.30%

3.65%

1.70%

1.77%

0.79%

2.05%

0.78%
Unknown

0.89%

6.24%

 *

.

4.41%

 *

4.30%

0.88%

8.01%

0.89%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.60%

10.06%

5.55%

3.76%

2.12%

0.64%

3.38%

0.63%
1 location only

0.77%

1.18%

3.26%

1.60%

2.24%

2.60%

1.21%

1.14%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

4.55%

11.80%

13.73%

 *

10.58%

 *

10.10%

7.09%

7.37%

7.25%
25-49 %

5.09%

10.81%

 *

8.06%

5.84%

6.84%

3.72%

7.63%

2.66%
50-74 %

2.35%

3.41%

6.77%

4.24%

6.32%

3.06%

2.52%

2.89%
75% or more

0.50%

1.17%

3.18%

1.40%

2.11%

0.67%

1.46%

0.71%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.52%

1.52%

2.59%

1.67%

1.30%

0.93%

1.12%

0.87%
Has union employees

1.44%

4.00%

 *

2.81%

5.99%

4.40%

1.25%

3.44%

1.79%
Unknown

1.39%

16.83%

10.38%

8.04%

 *

6.00%

1.23%

10.14%

1.15%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

2.65%

4.43%

6.12%

3.95%

6.09%

3.25%

3.71%

3.82%
Less than 50% low wage

0.91%

1.53%

3.38%

1.58%

2.29%

1.15%

1.22%

1.30%
Unknown

0.76%

6.97%

 *

10.72%

6.42%

2.84%

0.81%

6.52%

0.77%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.